[high_5]

So... Having no COBOL devs left is a better one? What's the alternative then?

[apstats]

Yes - if we need them to people can learn COBOL it's not any harder to learn than many other programming languages.

[stonogo]

There are plenty of COBOL devs; they're just not in the American labor market.

[dr_kiszonka]

Would bumping starting salaries for Cobol devs to 150k, resolve it in the US? (I am assuming banks could afford it.)

[stonogo]

No, since that's not too much higher than starting salaries for Python programming at a medium-sized research institute, and there's no clear career progression for COBOL programmers.